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Thanks a lot. That makes sense.
– Lizzi
Commented May 1, 2020 at 14:56
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There is nothing wrong with “In the background is a white wall.”
– Jim
Commented May 1, 2020 at 15:08
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– Jim
Commented May 1, 2020 at 15:11
Both are used very commonly. The grammatically correct one is used somewhat less. But then this is only a comment.
– Elliot
Commented May 1, 2020 at 15:21
In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit. // In the woods lived a woodcutter. He had a wife and he also had two children named Hansel and Gretel. // (Mind you, how much sense these famous stories make ... ). It's a rather literary style, but certainly far from ungrammatical.
– Edwin Ashworth
Commented May 1, 2020 at 15:27

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
quote by placing > at start of line
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<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
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